Bell Media Becomes Head of Household with Order of BIG BROTHER CANADA for Crave and CTV and Acquisition of Future Seasons of BIG BROTHER USA, Beginning in 2027
About Entourage
Entourage is a Montreal-based company that was founded in 2007 by its current president, Eric Young. The company specializes in creating, producing and selling live entertainment and television content, as well as managing and representing well-known artists. Over the past several years, Entourage’s Television and Film division has become famous for producing various TV shows, including THE TRAITORS CANADA and the Quebec version of BIG BROTHER CÉLÉBRITÉS. Their diverse projects aim to entertain, captivate, move and/or educate audiences from all backgrounds. Moreover, Entourage Spectacle has been the top entertainment producer in Quebec for several years, with over 1000 performances and events held annually in Quebec. Their agile business model makes them a crucial leader in Quebec’s cultural scene.
About Banijay Rights
Leading global distributor, Banijay Rights, represents a world-class, multi-genre portfolio of more than 225,000 hours of standout programming. Handling the distribution for media and entertainment powerhouse, Banijay Entertainment, the division specializes in the exploitation of premium scripted and non-scripted brands to broadcasters worldwide.
Representing quality, excellence and experience in the business of linear and non-linear television and ancillary activity across all platforms, Banijay Rights’ catalogue encompasses a host of top titles from Banijay’s 130+ in-house labels, and a number of third-party producers, spanning drama, comedy, entertainment, factual, reality, family, formats and theatrical.
Delivering high-quality IP, which was born locally and travels globally, the distributor offers the best stories told the best way. Its landmark brands include Survivor, Big Brother, MasterChef, Peaky Blinders, Rogue Heroes, Marie Antoinette, Grantchester, Deal or No Deal, Home and Away, Mr Bean and Black Mirror.
Built on independence, creative freedom, entrepreneurialism and commercial acumen, Banijay Rights operates under the direction of Chief Executive Officer, Cathy Payne.
About Bell Media
Bell Media is Canada’s leading media and entertainment company with a portfolio of assets in premium video, audio, out-of-home advertising, and digital media. This includes leading Canadian-owned streamer, Crave; Canada’s most-watched television network, CTV; a powerful suite of specialty channels; the most-trusted news brands, CTV News and Noovo Info; Canada’s cross-platform sports leaders, TSN and RDS; leading out-of-home advertising network, Astral; Québec’s fast-growing conventional French-language network, Noovo; the country’s leading audio app, iHeartRadio Canada; and a range of award-winning original productions, brands, and services. Bell Media is majority owner of global content distributor, Sphere Abacus, and is partner in Sphere Media, Blink49 Studios, Montréal’s Grande Studios, and Dome Productions, one of North America’s leading production facilities providers.
Bell Media delivers end-to-end advertising through the Bell Marketing Platform, powered by Bell First Party Data, helping brands plan smarter, activate seamlessly, and measure campaigns to drive real business outcomes at scale. Bell Media is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. 1 Learn more at BellMedia.ca.
1 Based on total revenue and total combined customer connections.
